La Cure – View of Vézelay loop from Vézelay
La Cure – View of Vézelay loop from Vézelay
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La Cure – View of Vézelay loop from Vézelay
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6.85km
170m
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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.
Last updated: March 23, 2026
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986 m
Prachtig uitzicht
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1.53 km
Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene in Vézelay
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2.79 km
⛲ Vézelay washhouse
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3.75 km
La Cure
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3.77 km
Saint-Père-sur-la-Cure Bridge
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Notre-Dame Church of Saint-Père
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The Église Notre-Dame de Saint-Père church is built in Burgundy Flamboyant style and is considered a masterpiece of this Late Gothic style. The three-nave church with its 50-meter-high bell tower was built in the 13th century and has been listed as a monument historique since 1840. The two chapels were in the 14./15. and the narthex added in the 15th century. The iconography of the church is not very enlightening, but inside you can find the rather worn-out portrait of a Geizkragens, which keeps his purse hanging around his neck. He is flanked on both sides by a dragon that seems to bite his ears off. This symbol can be seen quite ambiguously: The man turns deaf, although he certainly had the means to help (egoism) or the man is so fixated on his belongings that he forgets to protect himself - himself something good to do (greed as obsessive-compulsive disorder). The richest is the open narthex. For more than two centuries, sculptors were able to realize their ideas and stonemasons could prove their skill in craftsmanship. Upon entering the covered narthex you can see on the right two statuettes in half relief, which are to represent Girart de Roussillon and his wife Berthe or his daughter Eve. They are considered the founders of the former abbey of Saint-Père.
Probably the church (former abbey) had a function as the last stop in the pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Mary Magdalene in Vézelay.
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4.33 km
Old Saint-Père church cemetery
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5.23 km
View of Vézelay
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6.85 km
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3.13 km
1.73 km
960 m
709 m
329 m
Surfaces
2.78 km
2.71 km
716 m
447 m
178 m
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